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Dr. Leigh Callahan is Associate Director of the 黑料网 Thurston Arthritis Research Center, and Director of the .聽 She is a leading epidemiologist and an internationally recognized researcher in the area of osteoarthritis and other rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases.

She also directs the NIAMS-funded, Thurston Arthritis Research Center鈥檚 Core Center for Clinical Research (CCCR), which helps researchers to:

• Design, implement and analyze innovative studies of rheumatic diseases
• Improve understanding of disease mechanisms
• Inform the best strategies for disease prevention and treatment

Dr. Callahan鈥檚 experience covers a very broad spectrum of research and leadership among leading medical professional associations and alliances, as well as evidence-based community interventions, and teaching tomorrow鈥檚 leading healthcare professionals. 聽She is currently the President-Elect of the U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative, and she recently joined the NIAMS Council as a member.

A few examples of Dr. Callahan鈥檚 areas of research include:

Mortality and osteoarthritis: studies evaluating the role of knee and hip osteoarthritis (alone and in combination with co-morbid conditions) and mortality.

Community-based physical activity and weight loss intervention trials: evaluating and establishing the evidence-base for physical activity interventions that can be implemented in the community setting, e.g.,听Weight Loss and Exercise for Communities with Arthritis in North Carolina (WE-CAN),听,听聽(the Spanish language version of Walk With Ease), Tai Chi for Arthritis, and聽.

Social determinants and health outcomes: observational research examining associations of factors such as age, gender, education, ethnicity and place of residence with a range of health outcomes including disability, pain and psychosocial factors in patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Health Literacy: development of 鈥淗ealth Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkits鈥� for primary care, rheumatology, and cardiology designed to help clinical practice settings in working with individuals with all levels of health literacy.

Key Team Members:

Kirsten Ambrose, MS, CCRC
Associate Director, Osteoarthritis Action Alliance
Kirsten_Ambrose@med.unc.edu